Chikaye Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Chikaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 58 | 1:273,275 | 15,977 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Chikaye (19) may also be a first name.
Chikaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chikaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chikaye occurs most in Zambia. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chikaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,185,341st most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chikaye reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 19 people.
The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 58 people, or 1 in 273,275. In Zambia Chikaye is mostly found in: Southern Province, where 91 percent are found, Central Province, where 7 percent are found and Western Province, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Zambia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chikaye
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